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Yakov Smirnoff

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Born: January 24, 1951 in Odesa, Ukraine

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Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (Russian: Яков Наумович Похис; born 24 January 1951), better known as Yakov Smirnoff (Russian: Яков Смирнов; /ˈsmɪərnɒf/), is a Ukrainian-American comedian, actor and writer of Jewish origin. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Ukraine, then immigrated to the United States in 1977 in order to pursue an American show business career, not yet knowing any English. He ...

Filmography16 TITLES
The Money Pit
6.5
The Money Pit1986
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
6.0
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension1984
Heartburn
6.0
Heartburn1986
Brewster's Millions
6.6
Brewster's Millions1985
Moscow on the Hudson
6.3
Moscow on the Hudson1984
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